Martyr's Square - maydan ash-shuhada' |
Green Square (Martyr's Square), Tripoli |
Green Square, Tripoli |
Green Square, Tripoli |
Green Square, Tripoli |
Tourist carriage on Green Square, Tripoli |
Green Square, Tripoli |
Green Square, Tripoli |
Green Square, Tripoli |
Martyr's Square - maydan ash-shuhada' |
Qadhafi in his Volkswagen, Green Square |
Sixth Quran Competition |
Monument of Martyr's Square - Italy invaded in 1911 |
Garden City, Tripoli's colonial new town |
Garden City, Tripoli's colonial new town |
Garden City, Tripoli |
Fergiani's bookstore, Sharia 1st September near Green Square |
Garden City |
Sharia al-Khartoum |
Salon al-Ahlam lis-sayyidat -- Al-Ahlam (Dream) Salon for Women |
Libya's official name is Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - SPLAJ |
Palms in Tripoli |
Municipio de Tripoli, remnant of Italian colonial days |
Masraf Al-Jamhuriya - Republic Bank, Tripoli |
Old courtyard, Garden City |
Garden City |
Sharia Mizran |
Hand painted license plate in Tripoli...could be Egyptian? |
Garden City, Tripoli |
Sharia 1st September, the date Qadhafi seized power from the king in 1969 |
Libyan Arab Airlines office, Tripoli |
The Islamic Arts & Crafts School, Tripoli |
The Islamic Arts & Crafts School, Tripoli |
The Islamic Arts & Crafts School, Tripoli |
The Islamic Arts & Crafts School, Tripoli |
Garden City |
Maydan al-Jezayir - Algeria Square |
Former cathedral, Italian, 1928 |
In 1970, the former cathedral was converted into a mosque |
Maydan al-Jezayir - Algeria Square |
Former Cathedral, Tripoli |
Former Cathedral, Tripoli |
TripoliNov05 138.jpg |
Former Cathedral, Tripoli |
Former Cathedral, Tripoli |
Former Cathedral, Tripoli |
Former Cathedral, Tripoli |
International Islamic Da'wa Association |
Former Cathedral, Tripoli |
No revolution outside revolutionary councils |
Not oriented towards Mecca, worshippers in the former cathedral form their lines at an angle |
Libya |
Maydan al-Jezayir - Algeria Square, Tripoli |
Former Cathedral, Tripoli |
Maydan al-Jezayir - Algeria Square, Tripoli |
25th verse of Sura Yunus in the Quran |
Minaret of the old cathedral |
Garden City |
Inside the old cathedral, worshippers sit an an angle to face Mecca |
Garden City with the old cathedral, Tripoli |
Former Cathedral, Tripoli |
Tripoli's former cathedral - Meydan Al-Jezayir |
Tripoli's former cathedral - Meydan Al-Jezayir |
Green Square at night, December 2010 |
Green Square at night, December 2010 |
Column in Green Square |
Tripoli's Green Square has since been renamed Martyrs' Square |
Acraded Italian buildings on the south side of Green Square |
Green Square at night, Tripoli |
Pegasus Fountain, Green Square |
Pegasus Fountain, Green Square |
Pegasus Fountain, Green Square |
Pegasus Fountain, Green Square |
Pegasus Fountain, Green Square |
Pegasus Fountain, Green Square |
Pegasus Fountain, Green Square |
Green Square, Tripoli |
Former Piazza Italia - Martyrs' Square |
Jamahiriya Bank - Green Square |
Jamahiriya Bank - Green Square |
Museum of Libya illuminated at night |
Museum of Libya opened in the former Royal Palace, later the National Library |
The bored guard had nothing better to do than tell me it was not allowed to take photographs (Dec 2010) |
Wandering around Tripoli at night |
Former cathedral, now a mosque, Algeria Square, Tripoli |
Former cathedral, now a mosque, Algeria Square, Tripoli |
Former cathedral, now a mosque, Algeria Square, Tripoli |
Minaret, Maydan Al-Jezayir |
Former cathedral illuminated at night, Maydan Al-Jezayir |
It was nice of the Italians to build their cathedral in an Islamic style, but they failed to orient it correctly towards Mecca |
Arcades at night, Maydan Al-Jezayir |
Green Square at night, Tripoli |
Green Square at night, Tripoli |
Green Square at night, Tripoli |
Arcades at night, Green Square |
Sharia Omar Al-Mukhtar at Al-Rashid Street, Tripoli |
Italian remains - Municipio Di Tripoli Acquedotto - manhole cover |
Former Italian Church, Omar Al-Mukhtar Street, Tripoli |
Sakina Bint Al Hussein School has apparently taken over the old church |
Italian Church, Omar Al-Mukhtar Street |
Column in front of Tripoli Castle, Green Square |
Column in front of Tripoli Castle, Green Square |
Garden District, Tripoli |
International Popular Committee for Gaddafi Human Rights Prize, Tripoli |
International Popular Committee for Gaddafi Human Rights Prize, Tripoli |
Arcade off Meydan Al-Jeyazir |
Arcade off Meydan Al-Jeyazir, Tripoli |
Sculpture of a tree and birds used by pigeons |
Former Cathedral, now a mosque - Algeria Square, Tripoli |
Former Cathedral, now a mosque - Algeria Square, Tripoli |
Tall minaret near the Al Mahri Hotel and port |